One of the country’s largest software companies has entered a trading halt after detecting unauthorised third-party access to its internal IT system.
Enforcement of Australia’s privacy laws, including funding for the privacy commissioner to litigate companies for major privacy and data breaches, received a $45.2 million investment in Tuesday’s federal budget.
With legal practices shaping up as a ripe target for cyberattacks, experts say many firms have a long way to go in implementing best practice cybersecurity to avoid potentially “catastrophic” outcomes.
Private health insurer Medibank has been served with a second class action over a data breach exposing the personal details of 10 million customers.
Private health insurer Medibank has hit back at a class action over a data breach that affected close to 10 million customers, describing the claims as “hopeless.”
Hacking group ALPHV claims it has stolen a large amount of data from law firm HWL Ebsworth, including employee and client information.
Private health insurer Medibank has not released a Deloitte report into last year’s cyberattack that exposed the private information of 10 million customers.
Optus has been hit with a class action on behalf of current and former customers whose personal information was exposed in a massive data breach last September that affected up to 10 million people.
Intellectual property group IPH has revealed that a limited set of data originating from Spruson & Ferguson’s systems, including client information, was downloaded by an unauthorised third party in last month’s cyber attack.
Latitude Financial will not pay a ransom demanded by criminals after 14 million customer records were stolen in a “malicious” cyberattack.